Law and Order: Images, Meanings, Myths / Edition 1

by Mariana Valverde

Overview

In an innovative departure from the much-studied field of 'crime in the media', this lively book focuses its attention on the forces of law and order - how they visualize and represent danger and criminality, and how they represent themselves as authorities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781904385837
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/05/2006
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mariana Valverde is a professor of criminology at the University of Toronto and author of Law’s Dream of a Common Knowledge.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Social semiotics : the basics
Representations and their social effects : a template
Science and the semiotics of deviance
The authority of the detective and the birth of the forensic gaze
From the hard-boiled detective to the pre-crime unit : American representations of justice
The invention of the psycho killer and the rise and fall of the welfare state
Chronotopes of crime : perceptions of danger in urban space
"Gruesome" pictures : images and their effects in criminal justice practice